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Smart phone battle: Qwerty vs touchscreen
News Apple may be set to release the new super-duper all-singing 3G iPhone this summer but RIM has hit back with the BlackBerry Bold, claiming users prefer the Qwerty keyboard over touchscreen. RIM's BlackBerry 8800 keyboard wins hands down over the... [22 May 2008]
Apple's iPhone motors past Motorola and sets sights on RIM
News Second place RIM offloaded more than four million BlackBerrys, giving it an 11.4 per cent share of the market. Converged device shipments - which lumps smart phones together with PDA-style wireless handheld devices that also offer voice... [05 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News The ban does not affect RIM's BlackBerry enterprise version (4.0 and above), which has been certified by CESG as secure enough to carry 'restricted'-level documents - the only PDA device that has been - and so can still be used by civil servants... [04 Feb 2008]
RIM makes sweet plans for BlackBerry future
News RIM recently shipped its 20-millionth BlackBerry smart phone and the devices are ranked number one in the global PDA space - with 18.1 per cent market share in May 2007, according to figures from analyst house Gartner. [06 Nov 2007]
PDAs, smart phones still flying off the shelves
News BlackBerry manufacturer RIM continues to command the PDA market with 13.5 per cent year-on-year growth but Palm's share of the PDA market fell "as the company shifted its focus on sales of its Treo smart phones, which accounted for 57 per cent of... [10 Oct 2006]
eBayed smart phones give up corporate secrets
News Palm Treo 650s and BlackBerry handhelds from RIM have a built-in hard wipe function. Nick Magliato, chief executive of Trust Digital, said in a statement: "Personal and corporate data is being sold on the open market through eBay, and it's also... [31 Aug 2006]
Is the 'dumb blonde' phone here to stay?
Comment Others are also getting the idea that useful doesn't have to mean dumpy - the Treo's aerial has been whipped off and RIM has clearly had a bit of a word with its own design department that may or may not have included the words 'less', 'bloody... [07 Aug 2006]
RIM CEO: 'China's RedBerry is no threat'
News While RIM is happy to show off analyst figures that reveal it's bossing the PDA space, isn't it time for the device manufacturer to start comparing itself and its numbers to the likes of Nokia? Time was, RIM was synonymous with dodgy thumbs and... [18 May 2006]
PDA sales surge by 32 per cent as prices fall
News The underlying software accounted for 46 per cent of worldwide shipments in the second quarter of 2005, followed by RIM with 23.2 per cent of the PDA software shipped. In terms of hardware, RIM's BlackBerry was the most popular device, with... [03 Aug 2005]
PalmSource banks on Linux and feature phones
News It remains to be seen whether the device will tempt enough carriers - device makers and cellular carriers might favour a more tried-and-tested OS for new mobile phones, such as those offered by Microsoft, RIM and Symbian. [25 May 2005]
Techies weighed down with gadget burden
News Likewise, the Blackberry device from RIM appeals to users looking to lighten the load while a number of mobile phone firms are looking to cover off the phone and MP3 duo with combined offerings. The multitude of gadgets carried around daily by... [04 Apr 2005]
Bought a new phone? You and 194 million others
News The voice-centric winners were Nokia, Motorola, RIM and Q-Tek, with HP's voice friendly iPaq 6340 putting in a good showing. While mobiles have been continuing on an upward tangent, voice-enabled PDAs and smart phones have been beating them hands... [28 Jan 2005]
Leader: Blackberrys and iPods - Hoover brands
Leader The company that makes the devices and software to connect them to corporate email servers, Canada-headquartered RIM, yesterday announced stellar third-quarter results. RIM has actually been around a while, and though it took some time to sell the... [22 Dec 2004]
Connectivity creep - remembering we all need downtime
Comment RIM decided to present that as "equivalent to 13 days extra holiday", though clearly most efficiencies allow more work to be done by any individual. Research carried out earlier this year for Blackberry-maker RIM by Ipsos Reid came to the... [02 Dec 2004]
Smart phone worry for managers and users
News Brown added: "The 7100 Blackberry range is more phone than pager [in look] so it should be more attractive but RIM have been careful to leave off anything that gives a headache to the IT manager, such as a camera or Bluetooth for anything other... [16 Nov 2004]
